SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. has awarded a contract to Praxair Electronics, a division of Praxair Inc., to supply its new manufacturing facility in Salem, Ore., with bulk argon and nitrogen. The new plant, scheduled to begin operations in October, will be dedicated to the manufacture of solar ingots and wafers.

‘Praxair provides gases and sputtering targets to over 40 photovoltaic component manufacturers around the world,’ says Mark Murphy, president of Praxair Electronics.Â ‘We are pleased to have been selected to supply argon and nitrogen to SANYO Electric's new state-of-the-art facility in Salem.’

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